11/03/2020
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We’re at a Crossroads…
About a year and a half ago my daughter came to me one afternoon and said she needed to go to church. So, a few days later, I found myself sitting inside a church for the first time in a very long time (I didn’t spontaneous combust either!).
The sermon was about being at a crossroads; where you can choose one of two paths.
At the end of the message, my son turned to me and said “Mommy, I love you. It’s going to be ok. We’re going to be ok.”
As moms and dads, we give and we give and we give. We know we give everything we have to our children, but rarely do we pause to recognize just how much our children give to us.
I was moved to tears.
The kids and I survived the challenges thrown our way… But now, we can all see our nation is at a tremendous crossroads…
This year is unlike any year any of us have ever experienced. It has challenged us in ways many of us never thought imaginable.
On top of the challenges to our health, our jobs, our safety, we have allowed our disagreements to cause enormous division… we’ve allowed our disagreements to cause fear, anxiety and personal attacks; all of this posing great risk to the American Experiment where we should be able to have a debate of ideas even when we disagree.
We are better than this.
It shouldn’t take elected officials to tell us what to do or how to behave. It is up to each of us. It is incumbent upon each of us to lead by example, to treat each other the way we would want to be treated.
So, I am asking each of you tonight, as you head to the polls tomorrow, that we reflect on our future as friends, as neighbors, as colleagues; our future as a nation.
Please reflect on the crossroads we find ourselves at today, and ask, which path are we going to take tomorrow?
It has been a sincere honor to be the Republican nominee for Congress in my home town. Never in a million years did I ever believe I would be standing here today, working harder than I’ve ever worked before to serve the Lowcountry.
From dropping out of high school at the age of 17; to working as a waitress at the Waffle House to one day becoming a proud mom and state lawmaker; this is what the American Dream is all about.
And it would be the honor of my lifetime to serve you in Congress.
Sincerely,
Nancy